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That. i think they're waiting, probably playing, that the president doesn't screw it up again. >> politics aside, i sort of tried to explain what's in this deal compared to the last time. if you don't follow this very closely, it's unclear as to who this is a win for and whether this goes any distance towards actually fixing what's broken with our immigration system. ways yo what's your take? >> 50 miles of a fence is not going to fix the problem. let's focus on who's winning and losing here. i've been really shocked to hear conservative media sean hannity talk about this being a garbage compr...

>> all right, rebecca buck, thank you so much. let's look at the race for 2020. joining me, boston globe political reporter liz goodwin, david swerdlick, and bureau chief for sun times, lynn sweet. let's focus on elizabeth warren. within the hour she will be making the announcement officially. less than a year until the iowa caucuses. how will elizabeth warren stand out from the very crowded democratic field. yes, she has name recognition, has been in the news a lot, particularly because of the heritage issue. what is her viability? >> i think the viability for senator warren is she comes to...

Very comfortable with the idea of saying to the president, not a dollar for the border wall ever. so is that your position right now as the 17 bipartisan members of both chambers get together and try to hammer out a deal? you don't want any money for any new border barrier? >> we all go into this negotiation with our own point of view recognizing there will have to be compromise in order to get to yes. so my view all along has been, if we're going to go big, and make significant investments in border security, let's focus on what the real problems are. the president believes it's a wall that w...

What was the breaking point for the president to agree to end this shutdown with no wall guarantee. >> well, there were several different factor, for one, the president was watching his disapproval numbers climb, poll number force him were sliding. secondly on thursday he got a call from mitch mcconnell according to a source who says the senate majority leader told the president he was unsure how much longer he could hold republicans together on this issue. some in the gop became frustrated by what they saw as a lack of a plan from the white house, to end the government shutdown. and then thir...

Plate. we know that donald trump may go in the wrong direction on that and not help the situation at all. >> let's be fair. the president has a lot on his plate but weighs going after jeff baseos a little bit. he was tweeting about a lot of stuff this weekend but no comment from the president of the united states on a sitting republican congressman endorsing white nationalism. i mean, as a republican, how does that make you feel? >> well, it's a terrible situation. and one of the things that we know, look at charlottesville, when donald trump wades into these waters, it's not a force of good. ...